Intends to examine how trauma can silence survivors and create an inarticulate space- where silence becomes both tool of oppression and resistance to further trauma, and how TCM is the most apt approach to support trauma survivors to re-discover their voice and their language as they feel able. It acknowledges a more accepting and admiring perspective of resistance as a survivor’s strength.
“Bedtime Stories to Traumatise Children”- Elizabeth’s presentation will provide a Neo-Gothic children’s story of survival among petunias and predators.